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When can an employer sue an employee for damages?

  • Blaney McMurtry LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 16 2013

Emily Anne Maclean worked in a farmer’s market. On August 1, 2003, she placed eggs on a hot plate to boil in order to make them ready for the next

CIC launches new start-up business class

  • Blaney McMurtry LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 10 2013

The minister of citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism has announced that Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will launch its Start-Up Visa Programme to recruit innovative immigrant entrepreneurs to create new jobs and spur economic growth

Canada introduces amendments to the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act

  • Blaney McMurtry LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 11 2013

As a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”), Canada signed the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign

Can employers be sued for inflicting mental distress?

  • Blaney McMurtry LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 15 2013

As a Workers' Compensation practitioner, I have for years been troubled by the 2002 decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal, in the case of Prinzo v

Citizenship and Immigration Canada publishes Ministerial Instructions establishing the Start-Up Business Class

  • Blaney McMurtry LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 22 2013

As previously reported, on January 24, 2013, the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism (the "Minister") announced that

Vicarious liability in the context of leased and rented automobiles

  • Blaney McMurtry LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 19 2012

On March 1, 2006 the amendments to the Insurance Act (“IA”), the Highway Traffic Act (“HTA”) and the Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act (“CAIA”), which reformed the rules for vicarious liability with respect to leased and rented automobiles, came into force

An update on the duty to accommodate

  • Blaney McMurtry LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • September 17 2012

Some recent arbitration decisions dealing with the duty to accommodate highlight the interplay between the various workplace parties in the development of an individual’s accommodation plan

Recent corruption of foreign public officials case sends mixed messages to Canadian companies

  • Blaney McMurtry LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 26 2013

In the United States, both the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission place a premium on the self-reporting of U.S. Foreign

When former employees compete - protecting your confidential information

  • Blaney McMurtry LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 15 2012

The departure of a key employee, or an employee who has had access to sensitive information, can create legitimate concerns for an employer, especially when such employee directly competes with hisher former employer or is employed or otherwise engaged by a competitor of hisher former employer

Effective strategies for minimizing negligent building inspection claims

  • Blaney McMurtry LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 13 2013

In Ontario, the legislative scheme and standards relevant to building inspectors are set out in the Building Code Act, 1992, S.O. 1992, c.23. (the